End-board for wagons



(ModeL) H. A. RIGGS. End Board for Wagons.

No. 234,614. Patented Nov. I6, 1880.

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HERBERT A. RIGGS, OF GRASS LAKE, MICHIGAN.

END-BOARD FOR WAGONS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,614, dated November16, 1880.

Application filed September 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. RIGGS, of Grass Lake, in the county ofJackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in End Boards for Wagons; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view ofthis invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same with sides of wagon inhorizontal section. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the end-gate, and Fig. 4 isa detail of the end of the wagon side.

This invention has relation to end-boards for wagons; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of the center lever pivoted tothe end-board, the diagonal clamp-rods, extending beyond thecornersthereof, and the strap-cleats on the sides of the wagon, havingcatch slots or holes; and it also consists, in connection with the abovedevices, of the ways arranged through the endboard cleats, and themanner of securing the lower ends of the strap-cleats to the transversecleat under the bottom of the wagon, all as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the wagon-bottom,having under it, near its end, atransverse cleat, B. O 0 representstrap-cleats, the upper ends, Z, of which are carried over the edges ofthe sides D of the wagon in hook form. These cleats are bolted to thesides of the wagon at the ends thereof. At the lower ends the cleats aremade round and threaded to pass through holes a in the cleat B, nuts I)being passed upon the threaded ends 0 of said strap-cleats, as shown inthe drawings. In the strap-cleats are made slots or holes (1, near theupper and lower ends thereof.

E represents the end-board of the wagon, which is designed to fit neatlybetween the ends of the sides thereof, and is provided on (Model) itsrear surface with cleats F, through which are formed guideways e.

G represents a lever pivoted to the middle of the end-board, andprovided with an arm, 9, which is arranged to engage with a ratchet, h,which is secured to the endboard. V To the lever G, above and below itspivotbolt, are connected the diagonal clamp-rods H H, each of which ismade with an end hook, k, usually of broad form, as shown in thedrawings, these end hooks projecting beyond the ends of the end-boardfar enough to clear the wagon sides and the strap-cleats thereon.

The diagonal rods pass through the ways 0 of the cleats F, and aredesigned, when the end-board is in position between the sides of thewagon, to be drawn toward the center of the end-board by turning thelever G- so that the end hooks, is, will engage firmly with the slots orholes 01 of the strap-cleats.

The clamp-rods are held in engagement by means of the ratchet h, whichis arranged to engage with the lever-arms, as shown in the drawings.

Usually the holes or recesses d in the strapcleats are somewhat undercuttoward the ends of the wagon sides, so as to aiford a bearing to the endhooks of one side of the end-board when the end hooks of the other sideare disengaged. In this manner the end board or gate may be made toswing laterally, forming a guide, when it is desired to dischargepotatoes, corn, or similar articles into a basket or other smallreceptacle. So, also, the lower hooks of the end-gate may be disengagedand the upper ones engaged with the upper slots, (1, and thereby thegate may be arranged to swing upon the upper hooks to discharge underits lower edge.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the strap-cleats 0, having the upper and lowercatch-slots, d, and the end-gate E, fitting between the wagon sides ofthe center lever, G, the ratchet h engaging its arm g, and the diagonalclamp-rods H,having end hooks, k, projecting beyond the ends of the gatenear its corners, substantially as specified.

2. The end-gate E, having the center lever,

5 G, ratchet h, diagonal clamp-rods H, cleats F,

and guideways c in said cleats for said clamprods, substantially asspecified.

3. The combination, with an end-gate having clamp-rods drawing towardits center, of 10 the strap-cleats G, having the upper and lowercatch-slots, d, the hooked upper ends, I, and the threadedlower ends, 0,the under cleat, B, and the nuts I), substantially as specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence 15 of two witnesses.

HERBERT A. BIGGS.

XVitnesses:

FRANK DWELLE, H. S. SMITH.

